Monkey Talking

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Places To Go

Jaylynn put on her backpack, Jazzi's shoes, grabbed my Target bags, Kmart rewards card, kissed me and said Good Day. I am guessing she has things to do and places to go.

Side note: She tells the kids every morning Good Day before they leave for school every day.

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Yes please

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Um, the Tooth Fairy might as well move in!

Bubba got another tooth out tonight. On the bottom this time. And his other top, front one is super loose. At this rate, the tooth fairy might as well move in.

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Another One Bites The Dust

Jacob has had a very loose front tooth for awhile now and he's been trying to get it out. He finally got it out today. He's so dang cute. I guess the Tooth Fairy will be visiting tonight.

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Happy Halloween 2010!

Well, I was sick as a dog today. Of course, I only get sick every few years, like the kind of sick that I can't move. Today was the day. I'm feeling much better tonight although not 100% yet. Jamie is still hunting ~ he did offer to come home but I knew I'd be feeling better before he'd make it back from the mountain.

Thanks to friends and family the kiddos had fun. Jasmine and James went with a group of friends around the neighborhood. Jacob went with Tay and Jason. Jenna went with Aunt B, Carl, Jenny, Chad, Brandon and Shannan. Jaylynn gave out candy with me. Jordan ditched us to go to a couple of parties (which is the way I guess it will be now that he is a teenager).

The kids got a rack of candy as they always do.

James was a Panther football player. Jasmine was a sailor. Jacob was a BMXer. Jenna was Princess Ariel. Jaylynn was a moneky.

Here's a few attempts at trying to get a good picture of all of them.



Happy Halloween from our family to yours!

James, the Hunter

Jamie took Jacob and James hunting for a long weekend. They were hunting for squirrels. The first day James saw some but couldn't get clear shots and didn't try to take shots he knew he couldn't get. Pretty awesome for a 10 year old kid that likes to shoot.

The second day of hunting, James got his first kill ~ a fox squirrel. He shot it twice, body shots, so it was pretty messy but he was quite proud nonetheless. He can't wait to go hunting again and hopes to get to go deer hunting at Thanksgiving.



And Bubba being a little more adventurous holding the squirrel (I'm not so sure about how he's holding it though) ~ Listening to his iPod

My monkey girl

Nicki let us borrow Alex's monkey costume for Jay. How freaking cute is she? Ugh. I could eat her.

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Bubba's last game

Bubba has his last game on Saturday. He did amazing. I so wish I would have had a video camera for the last play of the game.

Let me set it up for you....

Diamondbacks are batting. Bases loaded. Last batter. Two outs. Jacob is at short stop. Pop up towards Jacob. Jacob goes running and catches it in air! The Giants win the Championship! The Giants win the Championship!

OK so maybe it didn't happen quite like that. It is T-ball but it was the last play of the game. The bases were loaded (but the bases are always loaded with the last batter in T-ball). The kid did pop it up in the air and Jacob did catch the ball. The crowd went wild. Everyone, including the other team, were cheering wildly for my boy. It was awesome. He had a smile on his face the rest of the day. Go Jacob! Go #5!

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The Zoo

Monday was a holiday ~ Columbus Day ~ but the kiddos still had school. We took Jenna for her first day and once we picked her up, the rest of the gang played hookie and we were off to the zoo. It was a beautiful day and it wasn't too busy. Here's some neat pictures Jamie captured.



We had a great day. Sometimes you just have to take a day to spend the day together. Our lives have been so crazy busy with football, baseball and cheerleading that we just needed that. It was great.

Preschool

It's official. Jenna is a preschooler at Seneca Valley High School in the child development program. She had a mini day today. Only 25 minutes. Monday is the real deal. Monday through Thursday half a day. She did great. We are so proud of her. Go Jenna!

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Flutes

Jasmine decided to play the flute this year in school. She got it today. The darn thing is almost bigger than her. She is just practicing putting it together and trying to get a sound out of it. Pray for us. ;-) Jaylynn actually does a good job of getting a decent sound out of it! We'll keep you posted on her progress. Hopefully we'll be able to post a few videos of her playing a few songs. Maybe her and Opa can form a band and go on the road.

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The Half-Time Show

I got this video of Jazzi and a few on her squad doing some cheers during half-time. They are amazingly loud and do a great job. I'm so proud of Jasmine for getting out there like that. I know how hard it is to get in front of a crowd, especially for someone so shy like Jasmine. I'm so glad she did cheering. It's really helped her come out of her shell. :-)

Baby jump roping

Jaylynn can jump rope now. It's amazing. Bubba taught her. He's an amazing little jumpropper by the way. And FYI ~ I don't just let my 1 year old play in the road like that. We were at the football game and they had this part of the road blocked off from vehicle traffic.

And yes the crowd really cheered for her that loud. ;-) Oh wait, maybe that was for the football game.

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Away vs Reisterstown

We were supposed to be home for this weeks' game but the weather the past week made our fields a bit too wet. We went to to Reisterstown (Baltimore) to play instead on their really nice artificial turf field.

We won again ~ 25-6! Our record is now 4-1. :-)

Way to go Panthers!

Just a cool shot of the boys warming up...

James is dead center.

The American Cancer Society - 2011 Relay For Life of Manassas, VA:

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Jenna and Spinny (Harlem Globetrotter)

Chester's uncle is none other than Spinny Johnson. Harlem Globetrotter and by far one of the nicest and most genuine people I have ever met in my entire life. He puts on shows for schools and at various other locations. He put on a show the other night at Jamie's work and Jenna couldn't wait to get out there with him.

Here she is spinning a ball on a Sharpie marker.



How cool is that?!?!

Home vs Ellicott City

James' football team won again today! 19-0!! They played awesome. It was a great game.

Go #74!

Happy 5th Birthday Jenna Beans

Happy Birthday dear Jenna! I can't believe you are 5 already. When did this happen? You are such a fun girl. You are a smart girl and you keep us laughing, despite driving me bonkers. :-) We love you so much sweet girl.

Yes, she is wearing a winter hat and bathing suit. That's Jenna.


What a great mustache!


Yup, that's Jenna!

Go! Fight! Win!

Jasmine cheered after James' game and did great. Here she is in a stunt. Eek!

Game #3 vs. WHC

Victory! 14-6! The boys did it. They played so much better yesterday. They played to win. They were the first Germantown team to win against WHC yesterday for the day. James plays better, stronger and faster every game. He's starting to do the work and getting better every day.

James is #74


And that right there is the smile of victory!

Opening Day for the Giants

Jacob had his first T-ball game yesterday. He was sooooo excited. Daddy, Jasmine and Jenna took Jacob early to get his uniform while I took James and a teammate to the field for their game (they have to be there 2 hours before their game so it actually worked out nice that we wouldn't miss either game).

Jacob plays for the Giants, sponsored by Chic-Fil-A (YUM!) and got #5.



Be prepared for a lot of pictures. Daddy takes a lot and there are just too many cute ones to not share them all.



Running to second and leading off on second


On third, ready to go home. This is how he leads off on third. Not sure why but maybe this will be his signature move in the MLB one day?


My pitcher


Batting




Telling the 3rd baseman to throw it home


They are really sponsored by Chic-Fil-A. The kids with the other sponsor played with the same coach last spring and just wore their old jerseys.


Run Bubba!!


OK, now we do this on all the bases...


It was a lot of fun watching the t-ballers play. You never know how it's going to go at this age. Most knew what to do. Lots of great hitters on the team. Jacob figured out if he batted last, he would get to run all the bases instead of having to stop at each base between batters. So he put himself last. No one noticed. Smart little guy he is. We are going to have to work on that he can't play all the positions at the same time. Although I guess when one of your team mates in playing in the dirt, someone has to cover their position. At the beginning of each inning, the coach would ask for volunteers to be different positions and Bubba was always the first raising his hand, getting right in there.

Jacob will tell you his team won 10-9 so I guess we had a victory the first week!